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ETRELA

Improving, Increasing and Facilitating Access to Renewable Energy Education and Training in Latin-America.

ETRELA stands for “Improving, increasing and facilitating access to renewable energy (RE) education and training (E&T) in Latin-America (LA). The project contributes to a sustainable increase of skilled professionals working within the whole value chain of renewable energy technologies and in the area of energy efficiency in Latin America and the Caribbean:

in Argentina, Peru, and Uruguay (ETRELA I: 2019 – 2022)
and Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, and Honduras (ETRELA II: 2023 – 2027)

Client	International Climate Initiative ICI
Countries	Argentina Brazil Colombia Dominican Republic Honduras Peru Uruguay
Period		2023 - 2027
Status		Current
Services	Academic services Capacity needs assessment Development of curricula and training material Train-the-trainer programmes Turnkey training centres
Expertises	Photovoltaics Solar thermal Geothermal Wind energy

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ETRELA Online Academy

The ETRELA project aims to strengthen future professionals in renewable energy and energy efficiency by empowering professors and educators with various programmes, one of them being the ETRELA Online Academy. Participation is fully funded for the scope of this project by IKI, International Climate Initiative. ETRELA Online Academy is open for professors and educators of the target countries. Courses are available in Spanish, Portuguese, and English.

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What are the objectives?

Improve education and training in renewable energy and energy efficiency in Latin America.
Increase education and training in renewable energy and energy efficiency in Latin America.
Facilitate access to renewable energy and energy efficiency education in Latin America.

What are the target groups?

Educational institutions

Who are the partners and funders?

ETRELA is a project of IKI, International Climate Initiative, funded by the German government, and is carried out under the leadership of OLADE, the Latin American Energy Organization, with its implementing partners Renewables Academy (RENAC) AG, and FACTOR, and the implementing partners of the Latin American universities:

Argentina: Universidad de Buenos Aires y el Centro de Estudios de la Actividad Regulatoria Energética (CEARE)
Brazil: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Brazil: Instituto Federal da Paraíba (IFPB. João Pessoa)
Colombia: Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira (UTP)
Dominican Republic: Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC)
Honduras: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras
Peru: La Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería
Uruguay: La Universidad Tecnológica del Uruguay

What are the project activities?

Curricula development and training concepts for wind energy, solar thermal, photovoltaics, energy efficiency and cross cutting technologies
Support partner universities in in BRA, COL, DOM, HON, PER, ARG and UGY in the procurement and implementation of practical training centres for renewable energy and energy efficiency
Conduct online trainings as preparation to Train-the-Trainer programs
Execute Train-the-Trainer programs in all ETRELA countries